Some simplifications to rebless given by stevan++
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8b978dd5 1
2package Class::MOP::Class;
3
4use strict;
5use warnings;
6
c23184fc 7use Class::MOP::Immutable;
ba38bf08 8use Class::MOP::Instance;
9use Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped;
10
8b978dd5 11use Carp 'confess';
7f63694d 12use Scalar::Util 'blessed', 'reftype', 'weaken';
8b978dd5 13use Sub::Name 'subname';
8b978dd5 14
c1d5345a 15our $VERSION = '0.26';
f0480c45 16our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
8b978dd5 17
2243a22b 18use base 'Class::MOP::Module';
19
0ac992ee 20# Self-introspection
2eb717d5 21
aa448b16 22sub meta { Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]) }
2eb717d5 23
8b978dd5 24# Creation
0ac992ee 25
be7677c7 26sub initialize {
27 my $class = shift;
28 my $package_name = shift;
29 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 30 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
3af3cbbd 31 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
32 return $meta;
33 }
c23184fc 34 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
be7677c7 35}
36
37sub reinitialize {
38 my $class = shift;
39 my $package_name = shift;
40 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 41 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
be7677c7 42 Class::MOP::remove_metaclass_by_name($package_name);
c23184fc 43 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
0ac992ee 44}
45
46# NOTE: (meta-circularity)
47# this is a special form of &construct_instance
be7677c7 48# (see below), which is used to construct class
0ac992ee 49# meta-object instances for any Class::MOP::*
50# class. All other classes will use the more
be7677c7 51# normal &construct_instance.
52sub construct_class_instance {
53 my $class = shift;
54 my %options = @_;
c23184fc 55 my $package_name = $options{'package'};
be7677c7 56 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
0ac992ee 57 || confess "You must pass a package name";
be7677c7 58 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 59 # return the metaclass if we have it cached,
60 # and it is still defined (it has not been
61 # reaped by DESTROY yet, which can happen
be7677c7 62 # annoyingly enough during global destruction)
3af3cbbd 63
64 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
65 return $meta;
66 }
be7677c7 67
68 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 69 # we need to deal with the possibility
70 # of class immutability here, and then
be7677c7 71 # get the name of the class appropriately
72 $class = (blessed($class)
73 ? ($class->is_immutable
74 ? $class->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
75 : blessed($class))
76 : $class);
77
be7677c7 78 # now create the metaclass
79 my $meta;
9c6877f4 80 if ($class eq 'Class::MOP::Class') {
0ac992ee 81 no strict 'refs';
82 $meta = bless {
be7677c7 83 # inherited from Class::MOP::Package
0ac992ee 84 '$!package' => $package_name,
85
c4260b45 86 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 87 # since the following attributes will
88 # actually be loaded from the symbol
c4260b45 89 # table, and actually bypass the instance
90 # entirely, we can just leave these things
91 # listed here for reference, because they
0ac992ee 92 # should not actually have a value associated
c4260b45 93 # with the slot.
0ac992ee 94 '%!namespace' => \undef,
be7677c7 95 # inherited from Class::MOP::Module
c23184fc 96 '$!version' => \undef,
97 '$!authority' => \undef,
c4260b45 98 # defined in Class::MOP::Class
c23184fc 99 '@!superclasses' => \undef,
0ac992ee 100
c23184fc 101 '%!methods' => {},
0ac992ee 102 '%!attributes' => {},
c23184fc 103 '$!attribute_metaclass' => $options{'attribute_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Attribute',
104 '$!method_metaclass' => $options{'method_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Method',
105 '$!instance_metaclass' => $options{'instance_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Instance',
e0e4674a 106
107 ## uber-private variables
108 # NOTE:
109 # this starts out as undef so that
110 # we can tell the first time the
111 # methods are fetched
112 # - SL
113 '$!_package_cache_flag' => undef,
be7677c7 114 } => $class;
115 }
116 else {
117 # NOTE:
118 # it is safe to use meta here because
0ac992ee 119 # class will always be a subclass of
be7677c7 120 # Class::MOP::Class, which defines meta
121 $meta = $class->meta->construct_instance(%options)
727919c5 122 }
0ac992ee 123
be7677c7 124 # and check the metaclass compatibility
715adbb7 125 $meta->check_metaclass_compatability();
0ac992ee 126
be7677c7 127 Class::MOP::store_metaclass_by_name($package_name, $meta);
0ac992ee 128
be7677c7 129 # NOTE:
130 # we need to weaken any anon classes
131 # so that they can call DESTROY properly
b9d9fc0b 132 Class::MOP::weaken_metaclass($package_name) if $meta->is_anon_class;
0ac992ee 133
134 $meta;
135}
136
715adbb7 137sub reset_package_cache_flag { (shift)->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = undef }
138sub update_package_cache_flag {
b1f5f41d 139 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 140 # NOTE:
141 # we can manually update the cache number
142 # since we are actually adding the method
143 # to our cache as well. This avoids us
144 # having to regenerate the method_map.
145 # - SL
b1f5f41d 146 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name);
e0e4674a 147}
148
be7677c7 149sub check_metaclass_compatability {
150 my $self = shift;
151
152 # this is always okay ...
0ac992ee 153 return if blessed($self) eq 'Class::MOP::Class' &&
be7677c7 154 $self->instance_metaclass eq 'Class::MOP::Instance';
155
b7bdffc3 156 my @class_list = $self->linearized_isa;
be7677c7 157 shift @class_list; # shift off $self->name
373a16ae 158
0ac992ee 159 foreach my $class_name (@class_list) {
be7677c7 160 my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($class_name) || next;
0ac992ee 161
373a16ae 162 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 163 # we need to deal with the possibility
164 # of class immutability here, and then
165 # get the name of the class appropriately
be7677c7 166 my $meta_type = ($meta->is_immutable
167 ? $meta->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
0ac992ee 168 : blessed($meta));
169
be7677c7 170 ($self->isa($meta_type))
0ac992ee 171 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . (blessed($self)) . ")" .
172 " is not compatible with the " .
be7677c7 173 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta_type) . ")";
77e5fce4 174 # NOTE:
be7677c7 175 # we also need to check that instance metaclasses
176 # are compatabile in the same the class.
177 ($self->instance_metaclass->isa($meta->instance_metaclass))
0ac992ee 178 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . ($self->instance_metaclass) . ")" .
179 " is not compatible with the " .
180 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta->instance_metaclass) . ")";
181 }
182}
8b978dd5 183
6d5355c3 184## ANON classes
185
186{
187 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 188 # this should be sufficient, if you have a
189 # use case where it is not, write a test and
6d5355c3 190 # I will change it.
191 my $ANON_CLASS_SERIAL = 0;
0ac992ee 192
b9d9fc0b 193 # NOTE:
194 # we need a sufficiently annoying prefix
0ac992ee 195 # this should suffice for now, this is
196 # used in a couple of places below, so
b9d9fc0b 197 # need to put it up here for now.
0ac992ee 198 my $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX = 'Class::MOP::Class::__ANON__::SERIAL::';
b9d9fc0b 199
200 sub is_anon_class {
201 my $self = shift;
a651e249 202 no warnings 'uninitialized';
0ac992ee 203 $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/ ? 1 : 0;
b9d9fc0b 204 }
6d5355c3 205
206 sub create_anon_class {
0ac992ee 207 my ($class, %options) = @_;
6d5355c3 208 my $package_name = $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . ++$ANON_CLASS_SERIAL;
88dd563c 209 return $class->create($package_name, %options);
0ac992ee 210 }
6d5355c3 211
b9d9fc0b 212 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 213 # this will only get called for
214 # anon-classes, all other calls
215 # are assumed to occur during
b9d9fc0b 216 # global destruction and so don't
217 # really need to be handled explicitly
218 sub DESTROY {
219 my $self = shift;
0ac992ee 220 no warnings 'uninitialized';
b9d9fc0b 221 return unless $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/;
222 my ($serial_id) = ($self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX(\d+)/);
0ac992ee 223 no strict 'refs';
b9d9fc0b 224 foreach my $key (keys %{$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}) {
225 delete ${$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}{$key};
226 }
0ac992ee 227 delete ${'main::' . $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX}{$serial_id . '::'};
6d5355c3 228 }
b9d9fc0b 229
6d5355c3 230}
231
232# creating classes with MOP ...
233
8b978dd5 234sub create {
88dd563c 235 my $class = shift;
236 my $package_name = shift;
0ac992ee 237
bfe4d0fc 238 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
8b978dd5 239 || confess "You must pass a package name";
88dd563c 240
241 (scalar @_ % 2 == 0)
0ac992ee 242 || confess "You much pass all parameters as name => value pairs " .
88dd563c 243 "(I found an uneven number of params in \@_)";
244
245 my (%options) = @_;
0ac992ee 246
8b978dd5 247 my $code = "package $package_name;";
0ac992ee 248 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:VERSION = '" . $options{version} . "';"
88dd563c 249 if exists $options{version};
0ac992ee 250 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:AUTHORITY = '" . $options{authority} . "';"
251 if exists $options{authority};
252
8b978dd5 253 eval $code;
0ac992ee 254 confess "creation of $package_name failed : $@" if $@;
255
bfe4d0fc 256 my $meta = $class->initialize($package_name);
0ac992ee 257
258 $meta->add_method('meta' => sub {
df7b4119 259 $class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]);
aa448b16 260 });
0ac992ee 261
8b978dd5 262 $meta->superclasses(@{$options{superclasses}})
263 if exists $options{superclasses};
2eb717d5 264 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 265 # process attributes first, so that they can
2eb717d5 266 # install accessors, but locally defined methods
267 # can then overwrite them. It is maybe a little odd, but
268 # I think this should be the order of things.
269 if (exists $options{attributes}) {
cbd9f942 270 foreach my $attr (@{$options{attributes}}) {
271 $meta->add_attribute($attr);
2eb717d5 272 }
0ac992ee 273 }
bfe4d0fc 274 if (exists $options{methods}) {
275 foreach my $method_name (keys %{$options{methods}}) {
276 $meta->add_method($method_name, $options{methods}->{$method_name});
277 }
0ac992ee 278 }
8b978dd5 279 return $meta;
280}
281
7b31baf4 282## Attribute readers
283
284# NOTE:
0ac992ee 285# all these attribute readers will be bootstrapped
7b31baf4 286# away in the Class::MOP bootstrap section
287
c23184fc 288sub get_attribute_map { $_[0]->{'%!attributes'} }
289sub attribute_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!attribute_metaclass'} }
290sub method_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!method_metaclass'} }
291sub instance_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!instance_metaclass'} }
7b31baf4 292
0f71bc80 293# FIXME:
294# this is a prime canidate for conversion to XS
0ac992ee 295sub get_method_map {
c4260b45 296 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 297
298 if (defined $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} &&
b1f5f41d 299 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} == Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name)) {
e0e4674a 300 return $self->{'%!methods'};
301 }
302
0ac992ee 303 my $map = $self->{'%!methods'};
304
0f71bc80 305 my $class_name = $self->name;
306 my $method_metaclass = $self->method_metaclass;
0ac992ee 307
92330ee2 308 foreach my $symbol ($self->list_all_package_symbols('CODE')) {
91e0eb4a 309 my $code = $self->get_package_symbol('&' . $symbol);
0ac992ee 310
311 next if exists $map->{$symbol} &&
312 defined $map->{$symbol} &&
313 $map->{$symbol}->body == $code;
314
e0e4674a 315 my ($pkg, $name) = Class::MOP::get_code_info($code);
316 next if ($pkg || '') ne $class_name &&
317 ($name || '') ne '__ANON__';
0ac992ee 318
0f71bc80 319 $map->{$symbol} = $method_metaclass->wrap($code);
7855ddba 320 }
0ac992ee 321
7855ddba 322 return $map;
c4260b45 323}
324
c9e77dbb 325# Instance Construction & Cloning
326
5f3c057a 327sub new_object {
328 my $class = shift;
651955fb 329 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 330 # we need to protect the integrity of the
651955fb 331 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, so we
332 # delegate this to &construct_class_instance
333 # which will deal with the singletons
334 return $class->construct_class_instance(@_)
335 if $class->name->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
24869f62 336 return $class->construct_instance(@_);
5f3c057a 337}
e16da3e6 338
339sub construct_instance {
cbd9f942 340 my ($class, %params) = @_;
0e76a376 341 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
342 my $instance = $meta_instance->create_instance();
c9e77dbb 343 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
f892c0f0 344 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
cbd9f942 345 }
0ac992ee 346 # NOTE:
d4ba1677 347 # this will only work for a HASH instance type
348 if ($class->is_anon_class) {
349 (reftype($instance) eq 'HASH')
350 || confess "Currently only HASH based instances are supported with instance of anon-classes";
351 # NOTE:
352 # At some point we should make this official
0ac992ee 353 # as a reserved slot name, but right now I am
d4ba1677 354 # going to keep it here.
355 # my $RESERVED_MOP_SLOT = '__MOP__';
356 $instance->{'__MOP__'} = $class;
357 }
2d711cc8 358 return $instance;
359}
360
361sub get_meta_instance {
362 my $class = shift;
052c2a1a 363 return $class->instance_metaclass->new(
0ac992ee 364 $class,
052c2a1a 365 $class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()
366 );
e16da3e6 367}
368
5f3c057a 369sub clone_object {
370 my $class = shift;
0ac992ee 371 my $instance = shift;
651955fb 372 (blessed($instance) && $instance->isa($class->name))
373 || confess "You must pass an instance ($instance) of the metaclass (" . $class->name . ")";
374 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 375 # we need to protect the integrity of the
376 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, they
a740253a 377 # should not be cloned.
0ac992ee 378 return $instance if $instance->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
f7259199 379 $class->clone_instance($instance, @_);
5f3c057a 380}
381
c9e77dbb 382sub clone_instance {
651955fb 383 my ($class, $instance, %params) = @_;
384 (blessed($instance))
c9e77dbb 385 || confess "You can only clone instances, \$self is not a blessed instance";
f7259199 386 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
0ac992ee 387 my $clone = $meta_instance->clone_instance($instance);
c23184fc 388 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
795a0c8b 389 if (exists $params{$attr->init_arg}) {
0ac992ee 390 $meta_instance->set_slot_value($clone, $attr->name, $params{$attr->init_arg});
c23184fc 391 }
0ac992ee 392 }
393 return $clone;
c9e77dbb 394}
395
3d9e4646 396sub rebless_instance {
3cd40f5e 397 my ($self, $instance) = @_;
398 my $old_metaclass = $instance->meta();
1a720916 399 my $meta_instance = $self->get_meta_instance();
3d9e4646 400
3cd40f5e 401 $self->name->isa($old_metaclass->name)
402 || confess "You may rebless only into a subclass. (". $self->name .") is not a subclass of (". $old_metaclass->name .").";
9b71b643 403
1a720916 404 # rebless!
3cd40f5e 405 $meta_instance->rebless_instance_structure($instance, $self);
1a720916 406
407 # check and upgrade all attributes
a93136d1 408 my %params = map { $_->name => $meta_instance->get_slot_value($instance, $_->name) }
1a720916 409 grep { $meta_instance->is_slot_initialized($instance, $_->name) }
3cd40f5e 410 $self->compute_all_applicable_attributes;
1a720916 411
3cd40f5e 412 foreach my $attr ($self->compute_all_applicable_attributes) {
1a720916 413 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
414 }
3d9e4646 415}
416
8b978dd5 417# Inheritance
418
419sub superclasses {
420 my $self = shift;
8b978dd5 421 if (@_) {
422 my @supers = @_;
9d6dce77 423 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')} = @supers;
d82060fe 424 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 425 # we need to check the metaclass
84086365 426 # compatibility here so that we can
0ac992ee 427 # be sure that the superclass is
428 # not potentially creating an issues
d82060fe 429 # we don't know about
430 $self->check_metaclass_compatability();
8b978dd5 431 }
9d6dce77 432 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')};
8b978dd5 433}
434
7160cad4 435sub subclasses {
436 my $self = shift;
437
438 my $super_class = $self->name;
439 my @derived_classes;
440
441 my $find_derived_classes;
442 $find_derived_classes = sub {
443 my ($outer_class) = @_;
444
445 my $symbol_table_hashref = do { no strict 'refs'; \%{"${outer_class}::"} };
446
c1d5345a 447 SYMBOL:
7160cad4 448 for my $symbol ( keys %$symbol_table_hashref ) {
449 next SYMBOL if $symbol !~ /\A (\w+):: \z/x;
450 my $inner_class = $1;
451
452 next SYMBOL if $inner_class eq 'SUPER'; # skip '*::SUPER'
453
454 my $class =
455 $outer_class
456 ? "${outer_class}::$inner_class"
457 : $inner_class;
458
459 if ( $class->isa($super_class) and $class ne $super_class ) {
460 push @derived_classes, $class;
461 }
462
463 next SYMBOL if $class eq 'main'; # skip 'main::*'
464
465 $find_derived_classes->($class);
466 }
467 };
468
469 my $root_class = q{};
470 $find_derived_classes->($root_class);
471
472 undef $find_derived_classes;
473
474 @derived_classes = sort { $a->isa($b) ? 1 : $b->isa($a) ? -1 : 0 } @derived_classes;
475
476 return @derived_classes;
477}
478
479
b7bdffc3 480sub linearized_isa {
c1d5345a 481 if (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
482 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa( (shift)->name ) };
483 }
484 else {
485 my %seen;
486 return grep { !($seen{$_}++) } (shift)->class_precedence_list;
487 }
b7bdffc3 488}
489
8b978dd5 490sub class_precedence_list {
491 my $self = shift;
c1d5345a 492
493 unless (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
494 # NOTE:
495 # We need to check for circular inheritance here
496 # if we are are not on 5.10, cause 5.8 detects it
497 # late. This will do nothing if all is well, and
498 # blow up otherwise. Yes, it's an ugly hack, better
499 # suggestions are welcome.
500 # - SL
501 ($self->name || return)->isa('This is a test for circular inheritance')
502 }
0ac992ee 503
8b978dd5 504 (
0ac992ee 505 $self->name,
506 map {
f7259199 507 $self->initialize($_)->class_precedence_list()
8b978dd5 508 } $self->superclasses()
0ac992ee 509 );
8b978dd5 510}
511
0882828e 512## Methods
513
514sub add_method {
515 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
516 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
517 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 518
7855ddba 519 my $body;
7855ddba 520 if (blessed($method)) {
0ac992ee 521 $body = $method->body;
7855ddba 522 }
0ac992ee 523 else {
7855ddba 524 $body = $method;
7855ddba 525 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 526 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
527 $method = $self->method_metaclass->wrap($body);
7855ddba 528 }
0f71bc80 529 $self->get_method_map->{$method_name} = $method;
0ac992ee 530
531 my $full_method_name = ($self->name . '::' . $method_name);
7855ddba 532 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => subname $full_method_name => $body);
715adbb7 533 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0882828e 534}
535
a4258ffd 536{
2d711cc8 537 my $fetch_and_prepare_method = sub {
538 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
539 # fetch it locally
540 my $method = $self->get_method($method_name);
541 # if we dont have local ...
542 unless ($method) {
195f5bf8 543 # try to find the next method
544 $method = $self->find_next_method_by_name($method_name);
545 # die if it does not exist
546 (defined $method)
804f7d24 547 || confess "The method '$method_name' is not found in the inheritance hierarchy for class " . $self->name;
0ac992ee 548 # and now make sure to wrap it
195f5bf8 549 # even if it is already wrapped
550 # because we need a new sub ref
2d711cc8 551 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method);
195f5bf8 552 }
553 else {
0ac992ee 554 # now make sure we wrap it properly
195f5bf8 555 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method)
0ac992ee 556 unless $method->isa('Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped');
557 }
558 $self->add_method($method_name => $method);
2d711cc8 559 return $method;
560 };
561
562 sub add_before_method_modifier {
563 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
564 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 565 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 566 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
567 $method->add_before_modifier(subname ':before' => $method_modifier);
568 }
569
570 sub add_after_method_modifier {
571 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
572 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 573 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 574 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
575 $method->add_after_modifier(subname ':after' => $method_modifier);
576 }
0ac992ee 577
2d711cc8 578 sub add_around_method_modifier {
579 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
580 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
581 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
582 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
583 $method->add_around_modifier(subname ':around' => $method_modifier);
0ac992ee 584 }
a4258ffd 585
0ac992ee 586 # NOTE:
8c936afc 587 # the methods above used to be named like this:
588 # ${pkg}::${method}:(before|after|around)
589 # but this proved problematic when using one modifier
590 # to wrap multiple methods (something which is likely
591 # to happen pretty regularly IMO). So instead of naming
0ac992ee 592 # it like this, I have chosen to just name them purely
8c936afc 593 # with their modifier names, like so:
594 # :(before|after|around)
0ac992ee 595 # The fact is that in a stack trace, it will be fairly
8c936afc 596 # evident from the context what method they are attached
597 # to, and so don't need the fully qualified name.
ee5e71d4 598}
599
663f8198 600sub alias_method {
601 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
602 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
603 || confess "You must define a method name";
de19f115 604
0f71bc80 605 my $body = (blessed($method) ? $method->body : $method);
606 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 607 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
608
7855ddba 609 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => $body);
715adbb7 610 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
16e960bd 611}
612
de19f115 613sub has_method {
614 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
615 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 616 || confess "You must define a method name";
617
618 return 0 unless exists $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
de19f115 619 return 1;
0882828e 620}
621
622sub get_method {
c9b8b7f9 623 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
0882828e 624 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
625 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 626
0f71bc80 627 # NOTE:
628 # I don't really need this here, because
0ac992ee 629 # if the method_map is missing a key it
0f71bc80 630 # will just return undef for me now
631 # return unless $self->has_method($method_name);
0ac992ee 632
7855ddba 633 return $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
c9b8b7f9 634}
635
636sub remove_method {
637 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
638 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
639 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 640
e0e4674a 641 my $removed_method = delete $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
642
643 $self->remove_package_symbol("&${method_name}");
644
715adbb7 645 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0ac992ee 646
c9b8b7f9 647 return $removed_method;
648}
649
650sub get_method_list {
651 my $self = shift;
0f71bc80 652 keys %{$self->get_method_map};
7855ddba 653}
654
655sub find_method_by_name {
656 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
b9575695 657 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 658 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 659 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
b9575695 660 # fetch the meta-class ...
661 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 662 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
b9575695 663 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
664 }
665 return;
a5eca695 666}
667
668sub compute_all_applicable_methods {
669 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 670 my (@methods, %seen_method);
671 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 672 # fetch the meta-class ...
673 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 674 foreach my $method_name ($meta->get_method_list()) {
a5eca695 675 next if exists $seen_method{$method_name};
676 $seen_method{$method_name}++;
677 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 678 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 679 class => $class,
680 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
681 };
682 }
683 }
684 return @methods;
685}
686
a5eca695 687sub find_all_methods_by_name {
688 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
689 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 690 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
a5eca695 691 my @methods;
b7bdffc3 692 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 693 # fetch the meta-class ...
96ceced8 694 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
a5eca695 695 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 696 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 697 class => $class,
698 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
699 } if $meta->has_method($method_name);
700 }
701 return @methods;
8b978dd5 702}
703
96ceced8 704sub find_next_method_by_name {
705 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
706 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 707 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 708 my @cpl = $self->linearized_isa;
2d711cc8 709 shift @cpl; # discard ourselves
96ceced8 710 foreach my $class (@cpl) {
96ceced8 711 # fetch the meta-class ...
712 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 713 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
2d711cc8 714 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
96ceced8 715 }
2d711cc8 716 return;
96ceced8 717}
718
552e3d24 719## Attributes
720
e16da3e6 721sub add_attribute {
2e41896e 722 my $self = shift;
723 # either we have an attribute object already
724 # or we need to create one from the args provided
725 my $attribute = blessed($_[0]) ? $_[0] : $self->attribute_metaclass->new(@_);
726 # make sure it is derived from the correct type though
727 ($attribute->isa('Class::MOP::Attribute'))
0ac992ee 728 || confess "Your attribute must be an instance of Class::MOP::Attribute (or a subclass)";
b1897d4d 729
730 # first we attach our new attribute
0ac992ee 731 # because it might need certain information
b1897d4d 732 # about the class which it is attached to
9ec169fe 733 $attribute->attach_to_class($self);
0ac992ee 734
735 # then we remove attributes of a conflicting
736 # name here so that we can properly detach
737 # the old attr object, and remove any
b1897d4d 738 # accessors it would have generated
739 $self->remove_attribute($attribute->name)
740 if $self->has_attribute($attribute->name);
0ac992ee 741
b1897d4d 742 # then onto installing the new accessors
2d711cc8 743 $attribute->install_accessors();
291073fc 744 $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute->name} = $attribute;
e16da3e6 745}
746
747sub has_attribute {
748 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
749 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
750 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 751 exists $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name} ? 1 : 0;
752}
e16da3e6 753
754sub get_attribute {
755 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
756 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
757 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 758 return $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name}
b1897d4d 759 # NOTE:
760 # this will return undef anyway, so no need ...
0ac992ee 761 # if $self->has_attribute($attribute_name);
762 #return;
763}
e16da3e6 764
765sub remove_attribute {
766 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
767 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
768 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 769 my $removed_attribute = $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
22286063 770 return unless defined $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 771 delete $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
772 $removed_attribute->remove_accessors();
2d711cc8 773 $removed_attribute->detach_from_class();
e16da3e6 774 return $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 775}
e16da3e6 776
777sub get_attribute_list {
778 my $self = shift;
f7259199 779 keys %{$self->get_attribute_map};
0ac992ee 780}
e16da3e6 781
782sub compute_all_applicable_attributes {
783 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 784 my (@attrs, %seen_attr);
785 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
e16da3e6 786 # fetch the meta-class ...
f7259199 787 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 788 foreach my $attr_name ($meta->get_attribute_list()) {
e16da3e6 789 next if exists $seen_attr{$attr_name};
790 $seen_attr{$attr_name}++;
c9e77dbb 791 push @attrs => $meta->get_attribute($attr_name);
e16da3e6 792 }
793 }
0ac992ee 794 return @attrs;
e16da3e6 795}
2eb717d5 796
058c1cf5 797sub find_attribute_by_name {
798 my ($self, $attr_name) = @_;
b7bdffc3 799 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
058c1cf5 800 # fetch the meta-class ...
801 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
802 return $meta->get_attribute($attr_name)
803 if $meta->has_attribute($attr_name);
804 }
805 return;
806}
807
857f87a7 808## Class closing
809
810sub is_mutable { 1 }
811sub is_immutable { 0 }
812
b817e248 813# NOTE:
814# Why I changed this (groditi)
815# - One Metaclass may have many Classes through many Metaclass instances
816# - One Metaclass should only have one Immutable Transformer instance
817# - Each Class may have different Immutabilizing options
818# - Therefore each Metaclass instance may have different Immutabilizing options
819# - We need to store one Immutable Transformer instance per Metaclass
820# - We need to store one set of Immutable Transformer options per Class
821# - Upon make_mutable we may delete the Immutabilizing options
822# - We could clean the immutable Transformer instance when there is no more
823# immutable Classes of that type, but we can also keep it in case
824# another class with this same Metaclass becomes immutable. It is a case
825# of trading of storing an instance to avoid unnecessary instantiations of
826# Immutable Transformers. You may view this as a memory leak, however
827# Because we have few Metaclasses, in practice it seems acceptable
828# - To allow Immutable Transformers instances to be cleaned up we could weaken
829# the reference stored in $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} and ||= should DWIM
04dd7510 830
c23184fc 831{
d9586da2 832 my %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
0ac992ee 833 my %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
c23184fc 834 sub make_immutable {
0ac992ee 835 my $self = shift;
04dd7510 836 my %options = @_;
d9586da2 837 my $class = blessed $self || $self;
838
839 $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} ||= $self->create_immutable_transformer;
840 my $transformer = $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class};
841
229910b5 842 $transformer->make_metaclass_immutable($self, \%options);
7f63694d 843 $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name} =
d9586da2 844 { %options, IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER => $transformer };
04dd7510 845
846 if( exists $options{debug} && $options{debug} ){
d9586da2 847 print STDERR "# of Metaclass options: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
848 print STDERR "# of Immutable transformers: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
04dd7510 849 }
c23184fc 850 }
0ac992ee 851
852 sub make_mutable{
853 my $self = shift;
854 return if $self->is_mutable;
7f63694d 855 my $options = delete $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name};
1d68af04 856 confess "unable to find immutabilizing options" unless ref $options;
d9586da2 857 my $transformer = delete $options->{IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER};
229910b5 858 $transformer->make_metaclass_mutable($self, $options);
0ac992ee 859 }
d9586da2 860}
0ac992ee 861
d9586da2 862sub create_immutable_transformer {
863 my $self = shift;
864 my $class = Class::MOP::Immutable->new($self, {
865 read_only => [qw/superclasses/],
866 cannot_call => [qw/
867 add_method
868 alias_method
869 remove_method
870 add_attribute
871 remove_attribute
872 add_package_symbol
873 remove_package_symbol
874 /],
875 memoize => {
876 class_precedence_list => 'ARRAY',
b7bdffc3 877 linearized_isa => 'ARRAY',
d9586da2 878 compute_all_applicable_attributes => 'ARRAY',
879 get_meta_instance => 'SCALAR',
880 get_method_map => 'SCALAR',
881 }
882 });
883 return $class;
857f87a7 884}
885
8b978dd5 8861;
887
888__END__
889
890=pod
891
0ac992ee 892=head1 NAME
8b978dd5 893
894Class::MOP::Class - Class Meta Object
895
896=head1 SYNOPSIS
897
0ac992ee 898 # assuming that class Foo
8c936afc 899 # has been defined, you can
0ac992ee 900
fe122940 901 # use this for introspection ...
0ac992ee 902
fe122940 903 # add a method to Foo ...
904 Foo->meta->add_method('bar' => sub { ... })
0ac992ee 905
906 # get a list of all the classes searched
907 # the method dispatcher in the correct order
fe122940 908 Foo->meta->class_precedence_list()
0ac992ee 909
fe122940 910 # remove a method from Foo
911 Foo->meta->remove_method('bar');
0ac992ee 912
fe122940 913 # or use this to actually create classes ...
0ac992ee 914
88dd563c 915 Class::MOP::Class->create('Bar' => (
916 version => '0.01',
fe122940 917 superclasses => [ 'Foo' ],
918 attributes => [
919 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$bar'),
0ac992ee 920 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$baz'),
fe122940 921 ],
922 methods => {
923 calculate_bar => sub { ... },
0ac992ee 924 construct_baz => sub { ... }
fe122940 925 }
926 ));
927
8b978dd5 928=head1 DESCRIPTION
929
0ac992ee 930This is the largest and currently most complex part of the Perl 5
931meta-object protocol. It controls the introspection and
932manipulation of Perl 5 classes (and it can create them too). The
933best way to understand what this module can do, is to read the
fe122940 934documentation for each of it's methods.
935
552e3d24 936=head1 METHODS
937
2eb717d5 938=head2 Self Introspection
939
940=over 4
941
942=item B<meta>
943
0ac992ee 944This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
945to this class. Thereby allowing B<Class::MOP::Class> to actually
fe122940 946introspect itself.
947
0ac992ee 948As with B<Class::MOP::Attribute>, B<Class::MOP> will actually
949bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects
950into it's metaclass. This will allow this class to reap all the benifits
951of the MOP when subclassing it.
2eb717d5 952
953=back
954
552e3d24 955=head2 Class construction
956
0ac992ee 957These methods will handle creating B<Class::MOP::Class> objects,
958which can be used to both create new classes, and analyze
959pre-existing classes.
552e3d24 960
0ac992ee 961This module will internally store references to all the instances
962you create with these methods, so that they do not need to be
552e3d24 963created any more than nessecary. Basically, they are singletons.
964
965=over 4
966
0ac992ee 967=item B<create ($package_name,
968 version =E<gt> ?$version,
969 authority =E<gt> ?$authority,
970 superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
971 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
a2e85e6c 972 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
552e3d24 973
0ac992ee 974This returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object, bringing the specified
975C<$package_name> into existence and adding any of the C<$version>,
976C<$authority>, C<@superclasses>, C<%methods> and C<%attributes> to
88dd563c 977it.
552e3d24 978
0ac992ee 979=item B<create_anon_class (superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
980 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
587aca23 981 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
982
0ac992ee 983This will create an anonymous class, it works much like C<create> but
984it does not need a C<$package_name>. Instead it will create a suitably
587aca23 985unique package name for you to stash things into.
986
0ac992ee 987On very important distinction is that anon classes are destroyed once
988the metaclass they are attached to goes out of scope. In the DESTROY
989method, the created package will be removed from the symbol table.
823a5d31 990
d4ba1677 991It is also worth noting that any instances created with an anon-class
0ac992ee 992will keep a special reference to the anon-meta which will prevent the
993anon-class from going out of scope until all instances of it have also
994been destroyed. This however only works for HASH based instance types,
995as we use a special reserved slot (C<__MOP__>) to store this.
d4ba1677 996
66b3dded 997=item B<initialize ($package_name, %options)>
552e3d24 998
0ac992ee 999This initializes and returns returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object
a2e85e6c 1000for a given a C<$package_name>.
1001
66b3dded 1002=item B<reinitialize ($package_name, %options)>
1003
1004This removes the old metaclass, and creates a new one in it's place.
0ac992ee 1005Do B<not> use this unless you really know what you are doing, it could
1006very easily make a very large mess of your program.
66b3dded 1007
651955fb 1008=item B<construct_class_instance (%options)>
a2e85e6c 1009
0ac992ee 1010This will construct an instance of B<Class::MOP::Class>, it is
1011here so that we can actually "tie the knot" for B<Class::MOP::Class>
1012to use C<construct_instance> once all the bootstrapping is done. This
a2e85e6c 1013method is used internally by C<initialize> and should never be called
1014from outside of that method really.
552e3d24 1015
550d56db 1016=item B<check_metaclass_compatability>
1017
0ac992ee 1018This method is called as the very last thing in the
1019C<construct_class_instance> method. This will check that the
1020metaclass you are creating is compatible with the metaclasses of all
1021your ancestors. For more inforamtion about metaclass compatibility
550d56db 1022see the C<About Metaclass compatibility> section in L<Class::MOP>.
1023
715adbb7 1024=item B<update_package_cache_flag>
e0e4674a 1025
1026This will reset the package cache flag for this particular metaclass
1027it is basically the value of the C<Class::MOP::get_package_cache_flag>
1028function. This is very rarely needed from outside of C<Class::MOP::Class>
1029but in some cases you might want to use it, so it is here.
1030
715adbb7 1031=item B<reset_package_cache_flag>
1032
1033Clear this flag, used in Moose.
1034
552e3d24 1035=back
1036
c9e77dbb 1037=head2 Object instance construction and cloning
a2e85e6c 1038
0ac992ee 1039These methods are B<entirely optional>, it is up to you whether you want
c9e77dbb 1040to use them or not.
552e3d24 1041
1042=over 4
1043
2bab2be6 1044=item B<instance_metaclass>
1045
2d711cc8 1046=item B<get_meta_instance>
1047
5f3c057a 1048=item B<new_object (%params)>
1049
0ac992ee 1050This is a convience method for creating a new object of the class, and
1051blessing it into the appropriate package as well. Ideally your class
5f3c057a 1052would call a C<new> this method like so:
1053
0ac992ee 1054 sub MyClass::new {
5f3c057a 1055 my ($class, %param) = @_;
1056 $class->meta->new_object(%params);
1057 }
1058
0ac992ee 1059Of course the ideal place for this would actually be in C<UNIVERSAL::>
5f3c057a 1060but that is considered bad style, so we do not do that.
1061
cbd9f942 1062=item B<construct_instance (%params)>
552e3d24 1063
0ac992ee 1064This method is used to construct an instace structure suitable for
1065C<bless>-ing into your package of choice. It works in conjunction
c9e77dbb 1066with the Attribute protocol to collect all applicable attributes.
1067
0ac992ee 1068This will construct and instance using a HASH ref as storage
1069(currently only HASH references are supported). This will collect all
1070the applicable attributes and layout out the fields in the HASH ref,
1071it will then initialize them using either use the corresponding key
1072in C<%params> or any default value or initializer found in the
a2e85e6c 1073attribute meta-object.
727919c5 1074
5f3c057a 1075=item B<clone_object ($instance, %params)>
1076
0ac992ee 1077This is a convience method for cloning an object instance, then
1078blessing it into the appropriate package. This method will call
1079C<clone_instance>, which performs a shallow copy of the object,
1080see that methods documentation for more details. Ideally your
19d4b5b8 1081class would call a C<clone> this method like so:
5f3c057a 1082
1083 sub MyClass::clone {
1084 my ($self, %param) = @_;
1085 $self->meta->clone_object($self, %params);
1086 }
1087
0ac992ee 1088Of course the ideal place for this would actually be in C<UNIVERSAL::>
5f3c057a 1089but that is considered bad style, so we do not do that.
1090
c9e77dbb 1091=item B<clone_instance($instance, %params)>
1092
0ac992ee 1093This method is a compliment of C<construct_instance> (which means if
1094you override C<construct_instance>, you need to override this one too),
19d4b5b8 1095and clones the instance shallowly.
a27ae83f 1096
0ac992ee 1097The cloned structure returned is (like with C<construct_instance>) an
1098unC<bless>ed HASH reference, it is your responsibility to then bless
a27ae83f 1099this cloned structure into the right class (which C<clone_object> will
1100do for you).
c9e77dbb 1101
0ac992ee 1102As of 0.11, this method will clone the C<$instance> structure shallowly,
1103as opposed to the deep cloning implemented in prior versions. After much
1104thought, research and discussion, I have decided that anything but basic
1105shallow cloning is outside the scope of the meta-object protocol. I
1106think Yuval "nothingmuch" Kogman put it best when he said that cloning
19d4b5b8 1107is too I<context-specific> to be part of the MOP.
1108
552e3d24 1109=back
1110
0ac992ee 1111=head2 Informational
552e3d24 1112
b9d9fc0b 1113These are a few predicate methods for asking information about the class.
552e3d24 1114
b9d9fc0b 1115=over 4
552e3d24 1116
b9d9fc0b 1117=item B<is_anon_class>
552e3d24 1118
96e38ba6 1119This returns true if the class is a C<Class::MOP::Class> created anon class.
1120
b9d9fc0b 1121=item B<is_mutable>
552e3d24 1122
96e38ba6 1123This returns true if the class is still mutable.
1124
b9d9fc0b 1125=item B<is_immutable>
552e3d24 1126
96e38ba6 1127This returns true if the class has been made immutable.
1128
552e3d24 1129=back
1130
1131=head2 Inheritance Relationships
1132
1133=over 4
1134
1135=item B<superclasses (?@superclasses)>
1136
0ac992ee 1137This is a read-write attribute which represents the superclass
a2e85e6c 1138relationships of the class the B<Class::MOP::Class> instance is
1139associated with. Basically, it can get and set the C<@ISA> for you.
552e3d24 1140
343203ee 1141B<NOTE:>
0ac992ee 1142Perl will occasionally perform some C<@ISA> and method caching, if
1143you decide to change your superclass relationship at runtime (which
1144is quite insane and very much not recommened), then you should be
1145aware of this and the fact that this module does not make any
343203ee 1146attempt to address this issue.
1147
552e3d24 1148=item B<class_precedence_list>
1149
0ac992ee 1150This computes the a list of all the class's ancestors in the same order
1151in which method dispatch will be done. This is similair to
a2e85e6c 1152what B<Class::ISA::super_path> does, but we don't remove duplicate names.
552e3d24 1153
b7bdffc3 1154=item B<linearized_isa>
1155
1156This returns a list based on C<class_precedence_list> but with all
1157duplicates removed.
1158
6c9f390e 1159=item B<subclasses>
1160
1161This returns a list of subclasses for this class.
1162
552e3d24 1163=back
1164
1165=head2 Methods
1166
1167=over 4
1168
c4260b45 1169=item B<get_method_map>
1170
2e41896e 1171=item B<method_metaclass>
1172
552e3d24 1173=item B<add_method ($method_name, $method)>
1174
0ac992ee 1175This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1176C<$method> and install it into the class's package.
552e3d24 1177
0ac992ee 1178B<NOTE>:
1179This does absolutely nothing special to C<$method>
1180other than use B<Sub::Name> to make sure it is tagged with the
1181correct name, and therefore show up correctly in stack traces and
552e3d24 1182such.
1183
663f8198 1184=item B<alias_method ($method_name, $method)>
1185
0ac992ee 1186This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1187C<$method> and alias the method into the class's package.
663f8198 1188
0ac992ee 1189B<NOTE>:
1190Unlike C<add_method>, this will B<not> try to name the
1191C<$method> using B<Sub::Name>, it only aliases the method in
1192the class's package.
663f8198 1193
552e3d24 1194=item B<has_method ($method_name)>
1195
0ac992ee 1196This just provides a simple way to check if the class implements
1197a specific C<$method_name>. It will I<not> however, attempt to check
a2e85e6c 1198if the class inherits the method (use C<UNIVERSAL::can> for that).
552e3d24 1199
0ac992ee 1200This will correctly handle functions defined outside of the package
552e3d24 1201that use a fully qualified name (C<sub Package::name { ... }>).
1202
0ac992ee 1203This will correctly handle functions renamed with B<Sub::Name> and
1204installed using the symbol tables. However, if you are naming the
1205subroutine outside of the package scope, you must use the fully
1206qualified name, including the package name, for C<has_method> to
1207correctly identify it.
552e3d24 1208
0ac992ee 1209This will attempt to correctly ignore functions imported from other
1210packages using B<Exporter>. It breaks down if the function imported
1211is an C<__ANON__> sub (such as with C<use constant>), which very well
1212may be a valid method being applied to the class.
552e3d24 1213
0ac992ee 1214In short, this method cannot always be trusted to determine if the
1215C<$method_name> is actually a method. However, it will DWIM about
a2e85e6c 121690% of the time, so it's a small trade off I think.
552e3d24 1217
1218=item B<get_method ($method_name)>
1219
0ac992ee 1220This will return a Class::MOP::Method instance related to the specified
86482605 1221C<$method_name>, or return undef if that method does not exist.
1222
0ac992ee 1223The Class::MOP::Method is codifiable, so you can use it like a normal
86482605 1224CODE reference, see L<Class::MOP::Method> for more information.
552e3d24 1225
16e960bd 1226=item B<find_method_by_name ($method_name>
1227
1228This will return a CODE reference of the specified C<$method_name>,
1229or return undef if that method does not exist.
1230
1231Unlike C<get_method> this will also look in the superclasses.
1232
552e3d24 1233=item B<remove_method ($method_name)>
1234
0ac992ee 1235This will attempt to remove a given C<$method_name> from the class.
1236It will return the CODE reference that it has removed, and will
552e3d24 1237attempt to use B<Sub::Name> to clear the methods associated name.
1238
1239=item B<get_method_list>
1240
0ac992ee 1241This will return a list of method names for all I<locally> defined
1242methods. It does B<not> provide a list of all applicable methods,
1243including any inherited ones. If you want a list of all applicable
552e3d24 1244methods, use the C<compute_all_applicable_methods> method.
1245
1246=item B<compute_all_applicable_methods>
1247
0ac992ee 1248This will return a list of all the methods names this class will
1249respond to, taking into account inheritance. The list will be a list of
1250HASH references, each one containing the following information; method
1251name, the name of the class in which the method lives and a CODE
552e3d24 1252reference for the actual method.
1253
1254=item B<find_all_methods_by_name ($method_name)>
1255
0ac992ee 1256This will traverse the inheritence hierarchy and locate all methods
1257with a given C<$method_name>. Similar to
1258C<compute_all_applicable_methods> it returns a list of HASH references
1259with the following information; method name (which will always be the
1260same as C<$method_name>), the name of the class in which the method
552e3d24 1261lives and a CODE reference for the actual method.
1262
0ac992ee 1263The list of methods produced is a distinct list, meaning there are no
1264duplicates in it. This is especially useful for things like object
1265initialization and destruction where you only want the method called
552e3d24 1266once, and in the correct order.
1267
96ceced8 1268=item B<find_next_method_by_name ($method_name)>
1269
0ac992ee 1270This will return the first method to match a given C<$method_name> in
1271the superclasses, this is basically equivalent to calling
96ceced8 1272C<SUPER::$method_name>, but it can be dispatched at runtime.
1273
552e3d24 1274=back
1275
a4258ffd 1276=head2 Method Modifiers
1277
0ac992ee 1278Method modifiers are a concept borrowed from CLOS, in which a method
1279can be wrapped with I<before>, I<after> and I<around> method modifiers
1280that will be called everytime the method is called.
96ceced8 1281
1282=head3 How method modifiers work?
1283
0ac992ee 1284Method modifiers work by wrapping the original method and then replacing
1285it in the classes symbol table. The wrappers will handle calling all the
1286modifiers in the appropariate orders and preserving the calling context
1287for the original method.
1288
1289Each method modifier serves a particular purpose, which may not be
1290obvious to users of other method wrapping modules. To start with, the
1291return values of I<before> and I<after> modifiers are ignored. This is
1292because thier purpose is B<not> to filter the input and output of the
1293primary method (this is done with an I<around> modifier). This may seem
1294like an odd restriction to some, but doing this allows for simple code
1295to be added at the begining or end of a method call without jeapordizing
1296the normal functioning of the primary method or placing any extra
1297responsibility on the code of the modifier. Of course if you have more
1298complex needs, then use the I<around> modifier, which uses a variation
1299of continutation passing style to allow for a high degree of flexibility.
1300
1301Before and around modifiers are called in last-defined-first-called order,
1302while after modifiers are called in first-defined-first-called order. So
96ceced8 1303the call tree might looks something like this:
0ac992ee 1304
96ceced8 1305 before 2
1306 before 1
1307 around 2
1308 around 1
1309 primary
1310 after 1
1311 after 2
1312
0ac992ee 1313To see examples of using method modifiers, see the following examples
1314included in the distribution; F<InstanceCountingClass>, F<Perl6Attribute>,
1315F<AttributesWithHistory> and F<C3MethodDispatchOrder>. There is also a
96ceced8 1316classic CLOS usage example in the test F<017_add_method_modifier.t>.
1317
1318=head3 What is the performance impact?
1319
0ac992ee 1320Of course there is a performance cost associated with method modifiers,
1321but we have made every effort to make that cost be directly proportional
96ceced8 1322to the amount of modifier features you utilize.
1323
0ac992ee 1324The wrapping method does it's best to B<only> do as much work as it
1325absolutely needs to. In order to do this we have moved some of the
96ceced8 1326performance costs to set-up time, where they are easier to amortize.
1327
1328All this said, my benchmarks have indicated the following:
1329
1330 simple wrapper with no modifiers 100% slower
1331 simple wrapper with simple before modifier 400% slower
1332 simple wrapper with simple after modifier 450% slower
1333 simple wrapper with simple around modifier 500-550% slower
1334 simple wrapper with all 3 modifiers 1100% slower
1335
0ac992ee 1336These numbers may seem daunting, but you must remember, every feature
1337comes with some cost. To put things in perspective, just doing a simple
96ceced8 1338C<AUTOLOAD> which does nothing but extract the name of the method called
0ac992ee 1339and return it costs about 400% over a normal method call.
96ceced8 1340
a4258ffd 1341=over 4
1342
1343=item B<add_before_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1344
0ac992ee 1345This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> and the supplied C<$code>
1346will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called before the original
1347method is called. As specified above, the return value of the I<before>
1348method modifiers is ignored, and it's ability to modify C<@_> is
1349fairly limited. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1350C<around> method modifier.
1351
a4258ffd 1352=item B<add_after_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1353
0ac992ee 1354This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that the original
1355method will be called, it's return values stashed, and then the
96ceced8 1356supplied C<$code> will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called.
0ac992ee 1357As specified above, the return value of the I<after> method
1358modifiers is ignored, and it cannot modify the return values of
1359the original method. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1360C<around> method modifier.
1361
a4258ffd 1362=item B<add_around_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1363
0ac992ee 1364This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that C<$code>
1365will be called and passed the original method as an extra argument
1366at the begining of the C<@_> argument list. This is a variation of
1367continuation passing style, where the function prepended to C<@_>
1368can be considered a continuation. It is up to C<$code> if it calls
1369the original method or not, there is no restriction on what the
96ceced8 1370C<$code> can or cannot do.
1371
a4258ffd 1372=back
1373
552e3d24 1374=head2 Attributes
1375
0ac992ee 1376It should be noted that since there is no one consistent way to define
1377the attributes of a class in Perl 5. These methods can only work with
1378the information given, and can not easily discover information on
a2e85e6c 1379their own. See L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for more details.
552e3d24 1380
1381=over 4
1382
2e41896e 1383=item B<attribute_metaclass>
1384
7b31baf4 1385=item B<get_attribute_map>
1386
8203616d 1387=item B<add_attribute ($attribute_meta_object | $attribute_name, %attribute_spec)>
552e3d24 1388
8203616d 1389This stores the C<$attribute_meta_object> (or creates one from the
0ac992ee 1390C<$attribute_name> and C<%attribute_spec>) in the B<Class::MOP::Class>
1391instance associated with the given class. Unlike methods, attributes
1392within the MOP are stored as meta-information only. They will be used
8203616d 1393later to construct instances from (see C<construct_instance> above).
0ac992ee 1394More details about the attribute meta-objects can be found in the
a2e85e6c 1395L<Class::MOP::Attribute> or the L<Class::MOP/The Attribute protocol>
1396section.
1397
0ac992ee 1398It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1399methods which the C<$attribute_meta_object> has will be installed
a2e85e6c 1400into the class at this time.
552e3d24 1401
86482605 1402B<NOTE>
0ac992ee 1403If an attribute already exists for C<$attribute_name>, the old one
1404will be removed (as well as removing all it's accessors), and then
86482605 1405the new one added.
1406
552e3d24 1407=item B<has_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1408
0ac992ee 1409Checks to see if this class has an attribute by the name of
552e3d24 1410C<$attribute_name> and returns a boolean.
1411
1412=item B<get_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1413
0ac992ee 1414Returns the attribute meta-object associated with C<$attribute_name>,
1415if none is found, it will return undef.
552e3d24 1416
1417=item B<remove_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1418
0ac992ee 1419This will remove the attribute meta-object stored at
1420C<$attribute_name>, then return the removed attribute meta-object.
552e3d24 1421
0ac992ee 1422B<NOTE:>
1423Removing an attribute will only affect future instances of
1424the class, it will not make any attempt to remove the attribute from
552e3d24 1425any existing instances of the class.
1426
0ac992ee 1427It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1428methods which the attribute meta-object stored at C<$attribute_name>
1429has will be removed from the class at this time. This B<will> make
1430these attributes somewhat inaccessable in previously created
1431instances. But if you are crazy enough to do this at runtime, then
a2e85e6c 1432you are crazy enough to deal with something like this :).
1433
552e3d24 1434=item B<get_attribute_list>
1435
0ac992ee 1436This returns a list of attribute names which are defined in the local
1437class. If you want a list of all applicable attributes for a class,
552e3d24 1438use the C<compute_all_applicable_attributes> method.
1439
1440=item B<compute_all_applicable_attributes>
1441
0ac992ee 1442This will traverse the inheritance heirachy and return a list of all
1443the applicable attributes for this class. It does not construct a
1444HASH reference like C<compute_all_applicable_methods> because all
1445that same information is discoverable through the attribute
c9e77dbb 1446meta-object itself.
552e3d24 1447
058c1cf5 1448=item B<find_attribute_by_name ($attr_name)>
1449
0ac992ee 1450This method will traverse the inheritance heirachy and find the
1451first attribute whose name matches C<$attr_name>, then return it.
058c1cf5 1452It will return undef if nothing is found.
1453
552e3d24 1454=back
1455
96e38ba6 1456=head2 Class Immutability
857f87a7 1457
1458=over 4
1459
96e38ba6 1460=item B<make_immutable (%options)>
1461
0ac992ee 1462This method will invoke a tranforamtion upon the class which will
1463make it immutable. Details of this transformation can be found in
96e38ba6 1464the L<Class::MOP::Immutable> documentation.
857f87a7 1465
0ac992ee 1466=item B<make_mutable>
1467
1468This method will reverse tranforamtion upon the class which
1469made it immutable.
1470
b817e248 1471=item B<create_immutable_transformer>
1472
1473Create a transformer suitable for making this class immutable
1474
857f87a7 1475=back
1476
1a09d9cc 1477=head1 AUTHORS
8b978dd5 1478
a2e85e6c 1479Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
8b978dd5 1480
1481=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
1482
69e3ab0a 1483Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
8b978dd5 1484
1485L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
1486
1487This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
0ac992ee 1488it under the same terms as Perl itself.
8b978dd5 1489
798baea5 1490=cut